POLL Those Years Ago: The Beatles Solo Careers Poll Results Thread

THOMAS WAS THE FIFTH BEATLE

I didn't vote but Give Me Love would have been in my top five.

with a little luck is fantastic, the end of the synth solo always fools me into thinking that the song is ending, but then...nope!

I'd never seen these 'Wings visit the Berlin wall' pictures before

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LFb7QRAHDM4/maxresdefault.jpg

https://78.media.tumblr.com/6cd31c0d390acc6eeef243eb56be42c7/tumblr_n9xbrnbBUW1rg1rnvo1_500.png

next entry is ironic in that context

61. Behind That Locked Door - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (599 points, 11 votes)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpLaJAdLvEzw9FsJWs-RiYqIAnIHcmdNsm7H3tqGP7kCORiKRAFw

Jenny Wren is gorgeous, could see it fitting neatly on the White Album.

love isn't silly at all!

'Behind That Locked Door' is simply gorgeous.

When I wonder why Dylan never sued George for copyright infringement over "Give Me Love"'s similarity to "I Want You," I remember they were bros.

60. Single Pigeon - Wings (feat. Paul) (605 points, 8 votes)
https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/_images/artworks/red-rose-speedway/05_big.jpg

first Ringo sighting

59. Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (feat. Ringo, George) (610 points, 10 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/Back_Off_Boogaloo_cover.jpg/220px-Back_Off_Boogaloo_cover.jpg

McCartney has the most songs in the results so far!

58. Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow) - Yoko Ono (feat. John, Ringo) (624 points, 9 votes)
https://e.snmc.io/lk/l/l/e6bd32062ebe6460cd8ed8569dd6efeb/1246851.jpg

it's almost as if McCartney released way more songs than the other Beatles!
xp

yay ringo! i like back off boogaloo

This track fucking slays. I'm actually glad to see this here, and I'm fully expecting 'Why' to place too.

"Don't Worry" was my #2, such a jam

TIE 57. Woman - John Lennon (feat. John) (627 points, 9 votes)
https://www.beatlesbible.com/wp/media/john-lennon-woman.jpg

TIE 57. No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (627 points, 10 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/NMLN_1984.jpg

56. My Brave Face - Paul McCartney (feat. Paul) (629 points, 11 votes)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51pYhoQFWaL._SX355_.jpg

my brave face is so good, the one Flowers song where you can really hear the best aspects of Paul's and Costello's songwriting styles.

Yeah, I love those last three!

55. Arrow Through Me - Wings (feat. Paul) (630 points, 10 votes)
http://www.macca-central.com/macca-songs/singles/images/arrow_through_me_old_siam_sir_45_a.jpg

54. If Not for You - George Harrison (feat. George, Ringo) (633 points, 12 votes)
https://img.discogs.com/hUaT5kHUspGkZHxCDqxH-A2m_Aw=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-4087250-1370344961-7898.jpeg.jpg

ugh "Woman"

53. Blow Away - George Harrison (feat. George) (647 points, 10 votes)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/George_Harrison_%22Blow_Away%22_picture_sleeve.jpg/220px-George_Harrison_%22Blow_Away%22_picture_sleeve.jpg

but yay "My Brave Face"!

i hate "woman," i expect... only alfred will agree with me?

lol xpost

"Blow Away" at #53??????

Thought this was instant top 15 at least!

52. Ram On - Paul & Linda McCartney (feat. Paul) (655 points, 11 votes)
http://beatlesarama.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/McCartney-Ram-record-lg.png

51. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (feat. George) (656 points, 11 votes)
http://s1.dmcdn.net/MtzQj/x240-4A0.jpg

50. Whatever Gets You Through the Night - John Lennon (feat. John) (659 points, 9 votes)
https://img.discogs.com/1LJIM031aLkZnYsuBdkXSw76Muo=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-5108210-1513266972-7155.jpeg.jpg

"arrow through me" is much too low

'Whatever Gets You Through The Night' is one of my least favourite Lennon singles.

and Brad OTM, 'Arrow Through Me' too low!

otm both comments

yeah i kinda think "whatever" is... whatever

The production is non-existent; sounds like an engineer pushed play.

If Not For You is one of my very favorites

record, engineers press "record"

Played "Jenny Wren" just now and "At the Mercy" came on after. I'd forgotten about the instrumental sequence at 1:31 in that one, just this long series of chords. So great.

Only lasts ten seconds

These results are all over the place (in a good way)! Blow Away definitely too low though. Happy to see My Brave Face here, no idea if anything else from Flowers in the Dirt will place but that was one of the records that grew on me a fair bit while putting my ballot together.

I hope to see 'This One', at least.

Ringo’s the drummer on “Take It Away”...iirc, it’s his first appearance on a Paul solo record.

I wonder how much it stings for Paul that basically all of the other Beatles were happy to work together, but pretty much none of them wanted to work with him - the lack of post-Beatle collaborations is really glaring when you look at these results and who was playing together (and who wasn't)

multiple entries featuring some combination of John, George and Ringo but every single Paul placement is just "features Paul" (except for apparently "Take it Away", which I missed!)

maybe worth noting that "Take it Away" also recorded around the time when Ringo's career was at its absolute nadir, so much so that he couldn't even get a record deal in the US.

I wonder how much it stings for Paul that basically all of the other Beatles were happy to work together, but pretty much none of them wanted to work with him

It probably didn't bother him too much, to be honest - I think he enjoyed being his own boss and getting his own way on this solo records, even if it meant playing everything himself.